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Overall Score 70.23
Liaison Daimon Eklund
Submission Date Oct. 17, 2012
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University of Washington, Seattle
ER-6: Sustainability-Focused Courses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.99 / 10.00 Ruth Johnston
Associate Vice President
Finance & Facilities; Office of the Provost
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The number of sustainability-focused courses offered :
285

The total number of courses offered :
14,298

Number of years covered by the data:
Three

A list of sustainability-focused courses offered:

AES 211/ANTH 211/ENVIR 211 Environmental Justice (5) I&S
AES 487/ANTH 487 Cultures and Politics of Environmental Justice (5)
AIS 320/ESS 320/ENVIR 320 Changing Rivers of Puget Sound (5) NW
ANTH 210 Introduction to Environmental Anthropology (5) I&S
ANTH 406/SISEA 406 China's Environment (5) I&S
ANTH 459/ENVIR 459 Culture, Ecology and Politics (5) I&S
ANTH 570 Environmental Anthropology (5)
ANTH 573 Current Issues in Environmental Anthropology (2, max. 10)
ARCH 331 Energy and Environmental Systems (3) NW
ARCH 534 Green Technology (3)
ARCH 564 Environmental Design and Well-Being (3) 
ATM S 111 Global Warming: Understanding the Issues (5) NW, I&S
ATM S 211 Climate and Climate Change (5) NW, I&S
ATM S 212 Air Pollution: From Urban Smog to the Ozone Hole (5) NW, I&S
ATM S 220 Exploring the Atmospheric Sciences (1)
ATM S 321 The Science of Climate (3) NW
ATM S 458/CHEM 458 Air Pollution Chemistry (4) NW
ATM S 460/ESS 424/PHYS 460 Water in the Environment (3) NW
ATM S 475/ESS 475/OCEAN 475 Current Research in Climate Science Seminar (3, max. 6)
ATM S 514/ESS 535 Ice and Climate (3)
ATM S 524 Seminar in Climate Dynamics and Energy Transfer (*)
ATM S 525/CEE 553 Seminar-Topics in Atmospheric Chemistry (1-3, max. 6)
ATM S 559/ESS 559/OCEAN 558 Climate Modeling (3)
ATM S 560/OCEAN 560 Atmosphere/Ocean Interactions (3)
ATM S 571 Advanced Physical Climatology (3)
ATM S 585/ESS 585/ENVIR 585/ SMA 585 Climate Impacts on the Pacific Northwest (4)
ATM S 586/ESS 586/OCEAN 586 Current Research in Climate Change (2, max. 20)
ATM S 587/ESS 587/ OCEAN 587 Climate Dynamics (3)
ATM S 588/ESS 588/OCEAN 588 The Global Carbon Cycle and Climate (3)
ATM S 593/ESS 593/OCEAN 593 Climate Science Seminar (1)
B A 541 Environmental Management I (4)
B A 542 Environmental Management II (4)
B A 543 Environmental Management III (4)
B A 544 Environmental Management Seminar (1, max. 3)
B BUS 550/ENVIR 550 Global Commercialization of Environmental Technologies (4)
BIOEN 555 Water, Nature, and Biological Function (3)
BIOL 240 The Urban Farm (3) NW
BIOL 250/FISH 250/OCEAN 250 Marine Biology (3/5, max. 5) I&S, NW
BIOL 311/FISH 311 Biology of Fishes (3/5) NW
BIOL 315 Biological Impacts of Climate Change (3) NW
BIOL 356 Foundations in Ecology (3) NW
BIOL 423 Marine Ecological Processes (3) NW
BIOL 424/ESRM 478 Plant Eco-Physiology (5) NW
BIOL 428 Environmental Sensory Processes and Mechanics (3) NW
BIOL 433 Marine Ecology (5) NW
BIOL 445 Marine Botany (5) NW
BIOL 447 The Greening of the Earth: Influence of Plants on the Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems (5) NW
BIOL 456 Vegetation of Western Washington (5) NW
BIOL 471 Plant Ecology (5) NW
BIOL 472 Community Ecology (5) NW
BIOL 476 Conservation Biology (5) NW
BIOL 478/ENVIR 478/FISH 478 Topics in Sustainable Fisheries (3, max. 9) I&S/NW
BIOL 480 Field Ecology (4) NW
BIOL 481/BIOL 563 Experimental Evolutionary Ecology (5) NW
BIOL 482/BIOL 564 Advanced Experimental Evolutionary Ecology (2-5, max, 15) NW
BIOL 486 Senior Seminar in Ecology (1-3, max. 9) NW
BIOL 487 Senior Seminar in Conservation Biology (1-3, max. 9) NW
BIOL 560 Seminar in Ecology (1-3, max. 15)
BIOL 561 Topics in Ecology (1-3, max. 15)
BIOL 562 Advanced Ecology (3)
BIOL 565 Community Ecology (5)
BIOL 567/CFR 567/FISH 567 Topics in Advanced Ecology (3, max. 6)
BIOL 570 Seminar in Conservation Biology (1-3, max. 15)
BIOL 571 Topics in Conservation Biology (1-3, max. 15)
BIOL 572 Science and Environmental Policy (3-5, max. 5)
BSE 104 Products and Energy from Renewable Resources (5) I&S/NW
BSE 480 Bioresource Design I (4) I&S/NW
BSE 481 Bioresource Design II (5) I&S/NW
C ENV 110 Introduction to Food and the Environment (5) I&S/NW
C ENV 190 Introductory Topics in Environment (1-5, max. 15)
C ENV 490 Special Topics in Environment (1-5, max. 15)
C ENV 590 Special Topics in Environment (1-5, max. 15)
CEE 350 Environmental Engineering -- Water and Air Quality (4)
CEE 357 Environmental Engineering (5)
CEE 360 Sustainability in Civil Engineering (3)
CEE 490/ENV H 461 Air-Pollution Control (4)
CEE 546 Topics in Ecological Effects of Wastewater (3)
CEE 547 Lake and Watershed Management (3)
CEE 552 Environmental Regulations (3) GE
CEE 555 Topics in Environmental Health (3)
CEE 560/ENV H 577/PB AF 589 Risk Assessment for Environmental Health Hazards (3/4)
CEE 562 Livable Communities and Design (4)
CEE 564 Sustainable Transportation from a Systems Perspective (5)
CEE 565 Climate Change and Energy (5)
CEE 566 Environmental Analysis and Assessment (5)
CEE 576 Water Resources Planning (3)
CEE 577 Water-Quality Management (3)
CEE 580 Urban Transportation Planning (4)
CEE 588 Energy Infrastructure and the Environment (3)
CEP 200 Introduction to Community and Environmental Planning (5) I&S
CEP 302 Environmental Response (5) I&S/NW
CEP 461 Ethics and Identity (5) I&S
CEP 470/ URBDP 502 Tools for Sustainable Cities (4)
CFR 501 Forest Ecosystems-Community Ecology (5)
CFR 503 Current Issues in Restoration Ecology and Environmental Horticulture (1, max. 10)
CFR 519 Conducting Financial, Environmental, and Social Responsibility Performance Research (3, max. 12)
CFR 521 Current Topics in Forest Resources (2-5, max. 10)
CFR 523 Forest Bioresources (3) 
CFR 527 Ecosystems Seminar (1)
CFR 529/FISH 529/PB AF 521 Water Center Seminar (1, max. 6)
CFR 540 Optimization Techniques for Natural Resources (5)
CFR 541 Advanced Landscape Ecology (5)
CFR 549 Urban Horticulture Seminar (1, max. 6)
CFR 554 Wildlife Seminar (1-2, max. 10) West
CFR 561 Public Presentation in Urban Horticulture (2)
CFR 567 Topics in Advanced Ecology (3, max. 6)
CFR 571/PB AF 592 Resource Policy and Administration (5)
CFR 588/GEOG 588 Advanced Urban Ecology (5)
CFR 591/PB AF 591 Seminar in Resource Policy and Management (1)
CFR 592/PB AF 590 Environmental Policy Processes (3)
CHEM E 341/ENVIR 341/M E 341 Energy and Environment (3) NW
CHEM E 442/ENVIR 442/M E 442 Renewable Energy (4) NW
CM 340 Sustainable Building Design and Construction Practices (2)
CM 540 Sustainable Construction (3)
COM 418/ENVIR 418 Communications and the Environment (5) I&S
ECON 235/ENVIR 235/ESRM 235 Introduction to Environmental Economics (5) I&S/NW
ECON 435 Natural Resource Economics (5) I&S
ECON 436 Economics of the Environment (5) I&S
ECON 535 Natural Resource Economics (3)
ECON 536 Environmental Economics (3)
ECON 537/SMA 537 Economic Aspects of Marine Policy (3)
ECON 538/SMA 538 Economics of Living Marine Resources (3)
ECON 539 Economics of Natural Resources Seminar III (3)
EDC&I 472 Environmental Education for Teachers (3)
ENGR 380 Design for Sustainability in the Developing World (2, max. 8) I&S
ENTRE 543 Environmental Innovation Practicum (2)
ENV H 311 Introduction to Environmental Health (3) I&S/NW
ENV H 472/ENV H 572 Environmental Risk and Society (3) I&S
ENV H 510 Global Environmental and Occupational Health (4)
ENVIR 100 Environmental Studies: Interdisciplinary Foundations (5) I&S/NW
ENVIR 200 Environmental Studies: Communication and Information (5) I&S
ENVIR 280 Natural History: Knowing Our Non-Human Neighbors (5)
ENVIR 295 Special Topics in Environmental Studies (1-5, max. 15)
ENVIR 300 Environmental Studies: Synthesis and Application (5) I&S/NW
ENVIR 480 Sustainability Studio: FYI (5, max. 10)
ENVIR 495 Advanced Topics in Environmental Studies (1-15, max. 15)
ENVIR 497 Seminar in Environmental Studies (1-3, max. 6)
ENVIR 500 Graduate Seminar in Environmental Studies (1-5, max. 15)
ENVIR 501 Graduate Seminar in Environmental Management (1-5, max. 15)
ENVIR 502 Business Strategy and the Natural Environment (4)
ENVIR 503 Role of Scientific Information in Environmental Decisions (3)
ENVIR 511 Environmental Management -- Keystone Project I (4)
ENVIR 512 Environmental Management -- Keystone Project II (4)
ENVIR 599 Role of Scientific Information in Environmental Decisions (3)
ESRM 100 Introduction to Environmental Science (5) I&S/NW
ESRM 101 Forests and Society (5) I&S/NW
ESRM 150 Wildlife in the Modern World (5) I&S/NW
ESRM 200 Society and Sustainable Environments (5) I&S/NW
ESRM 201 Sustaining Pacific Northwest Ecosystems (5) I&S/NW
ESRM 300 Principles of Sustainability (2) I&S/NW
ESRM 304 Environmental and Resource Assessment (5) I&S/NW, QSR
ESRM 311 Soils and Land Use (3) NW
ESRM 320 Marketing and Management from a Sustainability Perspective (5) I&S/NW
ESRM 321 Finance and Accounting from a Sustainability Perspective (5) I&S/NW
ESRM 325 Forest Bioresources (3) NW
ESRM 328 Forestry-Fisheries Interactions (4) NW 
ESRM 350 Wildlife Biology and Conservation (5) NW
ESRM 362/ENVIR 362 Introduction to Restoration Ecology (5) I&S/NW
ESRM 371/SOC 379/ENVIR 379 Environmental Sociology (5) I&S/NW
ESRM 381 Management of Wildland Recreation and Amenities (3) NW
ESRM 399 Field or Teaching Internship (1-5, max. 15)
ESRM 400 Natural Resource Conflict Management (3) I&S/NW
ESRM 415 Biology, Ecology, and Management of Plant Invasions (5) NW
ESRM 423 International Trade, Marketing, and the Environment (3) I&S/NW
ESRM 425 Ecosystem Management (5) NW
ESRM 429 Water Center Seminar (1, max. 6) NW
ESRM 441 Landscape Ecology (5) NW
ESRM 450 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (5) NW
ESRM 455 Wildlife Seminar (1, max. 8) NW
ESRM 456 Biology and Conservation of Birds (3) NW
ESRM 458 Management of Endangered, Threatened, and Sensitive Species (5) NW
ESRM 459 Wildlife Conservation in Northwest Ecosystems (3) NW
ESRM 462/ ENVIR 462 Restoration Ecology Capstone: Introduction (2) NW
ESRM 463/ ENVIR 463 Restoration Ecology Capstone: Proposal and Plan (3) NW
ESRM 464/ENVIR 464 Restoration Ecology Capstone: Field Site Restoration (5) NW
ESRM 465 Economics of Conservation (3) I&S/NW
ESRM 470 Natural Resource Policy and Planning (5) I&S/NW
ESRM 471 Urban Forest Landscapes (5) NW
ESRM 472 Wetland Ecology and Management (5) NW
ESRM 473 Restoration in North American Ecosystems (5) NW
ESRM 479 Restoration Design (5) I&S/NW
ESRM 480 Landscape Plant Science and Sustainable Management (5) NW
ESS 107 Environments of Washington Through Geologic Time (5) NW
ESS 201 The Earth System and Climate (5) NW
ESS 203 Glaciers and Global Change (5) NW
ESS 230/OCEAN 230 Rivers and Beaches (3/5) NW
ESS 302: Great Ice Age (5) NW
ESS 315/ENVIR 315: Environmental Earth Science (5) NW
ESS 433 Environmental Change in the Glacial Ages (5) NW
FISH 101 Water and Society (5) I&S/NW
FISH 323 Conservation and Management of Aquatic Resources (5) NW
FISH 330/ENVIR 330 Climate Change Impacts on Marine Ecosystems (5) NW
FISH 350/SMA 350 Marine Ecology of Coastal Systems (3)
FISH 428 Stream and Watershed Restoration (5) NW
FISH 439/ENVIR 439 Attaining a Sustainable Society (1/3, max. 3) I&S/NW
FISH 447/FISH 547 River Ecology and Watershed Management (3) NW
FISH 478 / 578 Topics in Sustainable Fisheries
FISH 513 Current Topics in Management, Conservation, and Restoration (1-5, max. 15)
FISH 578 Graduate Topics in Sustainable Fisheries (2, max. 6)
FISH 581/SMA 581 Case Study Method: Living Marine Resource Management (3)
GEOG 205 Introduction to Physical Sciences and the Environment (5) NW
GEOG 270 Geographies of International Development and Environmental Change (5) I&S
GEOG 370 Problems in Resource Management (5) I&S
GEOG 372/SISA 372 Asian Sustainable Development (5) I&S
GEOG 467/LSJ 467 Law, Justice, and the Environment (5) I&S
GEOG 471 Methods of Resource Analysis (5) I&S
HSTAA 221/ENVIR 221 Environmental History of the U.S. (5) I&S
HSTAA 570 American Environmental History (5)
HUM 209 Ethics and Climate Change (5) I&S
I BUS 545 Cases in Sustainability (4)
L ARCH 303 Ecological Systems Studio (5)
L ARCH 341 Site Planning (3)
L ARCH 362 Design of Cities (3) VLPA
L ARCH 363 Ecological Design and Planning (3) NW
L ARCH 482 Designing High Performance Landscapes (5)
L ARCH 501 Ecological Urbanism Studio (6)
L ARCH 504 Regional Landscape Planning (1-6)
L ARCH 561 Regional Landscape Planning and Design (2)
L ARCH 564 Sustainable Urban Landscapes (2) 
LAW 442 Land Law and the Urban Environment (3) I&S
LAW 481/LAW B 581 Land, American Culture and the Law: Perspectives on the Use and Ownership of the Natural Environment (1-6, max. 6) I&S
LAW A 525 Water Law (4)
LAW A 527 Environmental Law: Pollution Control (4)
LAW B 511 Seminar on Problems in International Environmental Law ([1-4]-, max. 4)
LAW B 529 Advanced Environmental Law and Practice (1-4, max. 4)
LAW B 563 Marine Law and Policy Seminar (2-4, max. 6)
LAW B 576 Climate Justice Seminar ([1-6]-, max. 6)
LAW B 585 Natural Resource Law (1-4, max. 4)
LAW E 596 Wildlife Law (3)
LAW E 597 Global Warming and Justice Seminar (4)
LAW E 598 The Law and Climate Change Seminar (4)
M E 415 Sustainability and Design for Environment (3)
M E 426 Sustainable Energy Design (4)
M E 515 Life Cycle Assessment (3)
M E 523 Energy and Environment Seminar (1)
M E 539 Renewable Energy I (4)
M E 540 Renewable Energy II (3)
NUTR 302 Food Studies: Harvest to Health (3) I&S/NW
OCEAN 101 Survey of Washington Waters (5) NW
OCEAN 102 The Changing Oceans (5) I&S/NW
OCEAN 122 Arctic Change (2) I&S/NW 
OCEAN 240 Contemporary Issues in Oceanography (1-5, max. 9) NW
OCEAN 260/ENVIR 260 The Puget Sound Ecosystem (3/5) I&S/NW
OCEAN 365 Practicing Sustainability Science (8) I&S/NW
OCEAN 423 Ocean Circulation and Climate (3) NW
OCEAN 450 Climatic Extremes (4) NW
OCEAN 475 Current Research in Climate Science Seminar (3, max. 6)
OCEAN 477/BIOL 477/FISH 477 Seminar in Marine Biology (3)
OCEAN 586 Current Research in Climate Change (2, max. 20)
OCEAN 591/SMA 591 Marine Science in the Coastal Zone (3) 
PB AF 547 Water Resource Economics (4)
PB AF 588 Environmental Risk Analysis (4)
PB AF 593 Climate Change and Energy Policy (3-4)
PB AF 594 Economic Approaches to Environmental Management (3/4)
PB AF 595 Topics in Environmental Policy and Management (3-5, max. 12)
PB AF 596 Ethics and Values in Environmental and Natural Resource Policy (3)
PB AF 597 Role of Scientific Information in Environmental Decisions (3/4)
PHIL 243/ENVIR 243 Environmental Ethics (5) I&S
PHIL 416/ENVIR 416 Ethics and Climate Change (5) I&S
PHIL 417/ENVIR 417 Advanced Topics in Environmental Philosophy (5) I&S
PHYS 217 Energy Future: The Technical and Social Barriers to Large-Scale Sustainable Energy (5)
POL S 383 Environmental Politics and Policy in the United States (5) I&S
POL S 384/ENVIR 384 Global Environmental Politics (5) I&S
POL S 422 International Environmental Politics Seminar (5) I&S
POL S 574 Environmental Regulation Policy (5)
SCAND 350/SIS 350/ENVIR 360 Environmental Norms in International Politics (5) I&S
SMA 476/ENVIR 476 Introduction to Environmental Law and Process (3) I&S
SMA 515/ LAW B 565 U.S. Coastal and Ocean Law (3-5, max. 5)
SMEA 103/ENVIR 103/SIS 103 Society and the Oceans (5) I&S/NW
SMEA 430 Development and the Environment (3) 
SMEA 433/ENVIR 433/SIS 433 Environmental Degradation in the Tropics (5) I&S/NW
SMEA 500 Introduction to the Human Dimensions of Global Change (3)
SMEA 509 Integrated Coastal Management (3)
SMEA 510 Topics in Marine Ecology (3)
SMEA 511 Coastal Environment Management (3)
SMEA 514 Marine Pollution Management Issues (3)
SMEA 519 Marine Policy Analysis (3)
SMEA 521 Governmental Responses to Global Climate Change (3)
SMEA 525 Marine Protected Area Management and Science (3)
SMEA 530 Development and the Environment (3)
SMEA 540 International Strategic Planning for Marine Resources (3) 
SMEA 550 Special Topics in Marine Studies (1-3, max. 18)
SMEA 585 Climate Impacts on the Pacific Northwest (4)
URBDP 200 Introduction to Urbanization: Planning and Designing Alternative Urban Futures (5)
URBDP 450 Introduction to Land Use, Growth Management, and Environmental Planning (3)


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